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lever 48 andfat 53, this 1i nk the one eccentric or crank oted at 34 to rear end of said leverand at 35 'saidflinkis. pivot'ed to a crank or e'cqentr1c 36- on -the shaft 18. By this arrangg ment, when the crank has reached the b'sL- tion of Fig. 4, the type holder 25 will. an"

been lowered to the maximum, whereas movement of the crank to the ositionjindi cated in Fig. 3, will have-so p ed upon 3311s to cause the lever'26 toraise the tyge holder into operative ,relation .with t'e platen.

For inking-the type 29 and30, a pair of rollers 40 are shown 'inounted tudinal rod- 41; wi'th'}which a forwardly and rearwardly moving, frame 42 is rovided, said frame having shoes 43 slid 1e along a p'tdppf parallei tracks M'whichextend .rearwidlyffroinfthe typej holder 25, The

usual d lfil sf'lfi cooperate with the rollers'tifi'and these disks may be slowly tnrned in any well known manner. "It'is necessary that the rollers 40 shall" 'sweeg and iii-order to ob tain this result, the fol- I'ov's'rie strugti'on referably, employed. Lin sflli are fpii ot" to the rear: end of frame 42 and 815 i 4 7 of a" stall-ti lywer'tical lever 48, said 'gfi'ifulci mned at'4'9 to an extension with; w i'ch' the bracket28 is provided,

the fulcriiin being near the lower end of the lever as will be'clear from Figs. 3 and 4. ,A'

link 51 i pivotednt 521x) the lower. end of g Y is pivoted to the first named link 33; By thisarrangement,

only operate link to. actuate the type holder-25 but operates filed the link 51 which controls the action of the inkingjrollers 40. v 1 In. operation, the oardsm-e f -xl by a d into the throat .901 the platen and are re ceivediipon" the sliding feed ine uib er Ida s shown in- Fig. 2. This member servcsto in terini ttently'feed the ards along the lower side of thefplaten' andth'e' several parts of the machine are so synchronized as to cause the ty'peholder' 25 to ascend during the period. of rest of the finding means. Each time the type holder rises, itprints iu diffcrentlyjooloredink upon the cards and at the se ne time-.en bosses the card which was previously printed.- The one machine thus uperforms the work at one operation herewigreatlsaving'in time as wellim'lal or, The murh nejiscomparat vely simple and incxr fore'requiring'that the" cards be fed'several times through" the press, thus effecting a pensive, yetit is ol-ivious tlmt it will be "highly efliizieut and diiiill le; vably the best resultl' u re by I preferenc scope of the 'invent|on' as churned, numerous npl'oyed. hut within the details shown an in i nor changes 1 ay. 'ii'el l, he made.

Partigular einphu. ie laid upon the fact on a longiof said platen -,t-he -f forked' npper end 36 serves to notuud since prob-i ave-:01.

that the type holder 253s located below the platen, since by this'location, the workin ace of the type is ex osed upwardly an may be much m'oreeas' y cleaned than when facing downwardly; as is the case with some printing presses. Other features which are m ortant are the construction-of. the laten, an the novel arrangement of pa 'l' 'ii. 0r operating the type. holder and the inking means. Iclaim: a 1; A "card printin press comprising a frame, a platen on'sai frame, guiding-means for the'cards extending along the lower side means for intennittently feeding the cards along'said guiding means, ale'ver' fulcrumed on said frame and havi a vertically movin end located below s platen, a type. hol er carried 1) said end of said lever," an eccentric, a lin said lever and said for operating the fo mer temeve said I heldet t ward a d bi e d i g he peri d of rest ofsa d V feeding .means,. a proceeding and recedin type inking device opemtively associa with said type holder, on additionalleve'r fulcrumed on the frame and operatively eonnectedto'said inking device, and; anadditional link connecting said additional lever with said-first named link for operating the former to move said inking device across the type when said type holder is lowered.

2. A card printing .press comprising a frame, a platenon sdid frame, guiding means for-the cards extending along the lower side of said plateh, means for intermittently feeding the cards falong said guiding means, a lever fulcrumetl on said frame and having a vertically moving end located below said platen, va type holder carried by said end of said lever, an eccentric, a link connecting said lever and said 'lgccentric for operatin the formervto move said type holder towar saidplatcnidiiring the periods ofrestco'f said feeding-means, a pair of parallel tracksextcndingfrom said type holder, a' typcrinking device slidahle along said tracks, an vadditionul lever fulcrumed on the frame and connected to said il lnng- 'levice, and an ad ditionnl link eonnectingsuid additional lever with said first ma med-link for oper atingtho 'lorlner to move suid inking device across the type when said type holder is lowered, 3. A card prmtlng press comprising 2|.

fr:nne including a pair of arched end momguiding the cards along thii'fsurie. a slide at one f Shi l pl-fi-t9i-1'- Qfor intermittently" feeding the cardseilod'g su id guidiug'means,

means for actuating snid's'lide. a bracket ex-' i I tending froln'the aforesaid longitudinal in! l,

@tmnsverse leirerfulcrumefigpetwen its ends inking device, and an additidnal link con-- I aaid bmckqpand having lts front endlonecting said additional lever and said; first catedbelowzamid platen, a type holder senamed link. I .Ycgred to 881d :E'mntend of'said lever, an In testimony whereof l'havehereu'nto set m ecoentrigfinohntedcfia sixid f'aime, a. linllf 00nd my hand. nqcflingt erearen o even wit sai v mntz icifla proceeding glad raced type RAP JACOBUCCI' inlxjgg device oparg tivqlgnsgocia with Witnesse: l holdm'a'fi; ud ftional layer fulj CHARLES W. Wm,

' qonnectajdbosaid JOHN H; Gnnurnz. 

